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Cybercriminals Exploit Gmail Feature to Scale Up Attacks

Issued by: Dark Reading

Some cybercriminals are taking advantage of a long-standing feature in Google Gmail designed to enhance account security, to create multiple fraudulent accounts on various websites quickly and at scale, security vendor Agari said this week. The feature, which some have warned about previously, basically ensures that all dotted variations of a Gmail address belong to…

Malware & Threats

Google offers Advanced Protection for high-risk users of its services

Issued by: Help Net Security

High-risk Google users – journalists, human rights and civil society activists, but also campaign staffers and people in abusive relationships – can now take advantage of Google’s Advanced Protection Program to keep their account safe from extremely targeted attacks. What is Advanced Protection? “Advanced Protection provides Google’s strongest security, designed for those who are at…

Malware & Threats

Google wants iOS Gmail users to think twice about following suspicious links

Issued by: Help Net Security

Google has announced the rollout of new anti-phishing checks for the iOS Gmail app: in less than two weeks, all users will be confronted with two warnings if they attempt to follow a suspicious link from within the app. The first one is a pop-up, warning generally about untrusted nature of the site they are…

Vulnerabilities

Gmail Delivers Spoofed Messages Without Warning, Researchers Find

Issued by: Security Week

Spoofed emails could easily land in user’s Gmail inboxes without even warning them of suspicious activity, security researchers have discovered. While spam is normally used to deliver malicious documents or links to unsuspecting users, spoofed emails have a bigger chance of luring potential victims, because they are likely to click on a link or open…